Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai
InterContinental Dubai, Festival City
Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz, Dubai
Calling all book-lovers! The highly-anticipated Emirates Airline Festival of Literature is back for its 2021 edition
The annual literary extravaganza is bringing literature fans an entertaining, inspiring, and informative line-up, with something for all ages and backgrounds. This year's Emirates Airline Festival of Literature is set to feature publishers and book shops as well as award-winning novelists and world-leading experts in a variety of panels, sessions, Q&As, and other events.
For the first time ever, Emirates Literature Festival will be spread across three weekends with talks and sessions taking place at three fantastic venues, with some activities and exhibitions remaining open during the week:
- January 29 - 30: Jameel Arts Centre
- February 4 - 6: InterContinental Dubai
- February 29 - 30: Alserkal Avenue
The 2021 run is jam-packed with loads of guests and activities that will delight and astound everyone. This is the festival where the best stories happen.
The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature is the Arab World’s largest celebration of the written and spoken word, featuring international and regional writers, poets, thinkers and speakers from around the world. Over the last 12 years more than 1,500 authors from over one hundred countries have spoken at the Festival.